internship offers

Leipzig-Houston e.V. encourages personal and cultural encounters between the citizens of Leipzig and Houston, aiming to increase a sustainable cooperation between the two sister cities. Working jointly with its American counterpart, Sister City Association Houston-Leipzig, the organization implements school partnerships, as well as cultural and sport events.

Leipzig-Houston e.V. also offers exchange programs to Houston for citizens of Leipzig, including internship opportunities for students. Internships may last from 2 weeks up to six month and can be conducted in a variety of cultural, economic, and social fields in and around Houston.

e-fellows.net is a career network and online scholarship program that connects the best German-speaking high-potential candidates with the best universities and companies. As a subsidiary to McKinsey and the ZEIT publishing group, e-fellows.net unites over 30.000 promising German students and attractive employers, i.e. McKinsey, Allianz, Deutsche Bank and Bosch. Currently, e-fellows.net is offering two paid internships in Munich, Germany.

Stay is a community foundation that focuses on international development cooperation. Stay provides small measures that create great impact and as such allows underdeveloped communities to help themselves. The foundation is cooperating with eight outstanding partner organizations and is currently building two flagship projects in Uganda.

The Transatlantic Outreach Program (TOP) is a non-profit, public/private partnership between the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, the Goethe-Institute, Deutsche Bank, the Bosch Stiftung, and the Siemens Corporation. It was founded in 2002 to promote education about Germany and to foster intercultural exchange.

Young Mountain Marketing is a company that focuses on marketing the alpine region in a young and agile light. Its sustainable and innovative concepts seek to draw enthusiasts into the mountains while supporting a juvenile and active lifestyle. As a brand leader, Young Mountain Marketing’s customers are among the most prestigious ski resorts in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France and Turkey.

Covalence EthicalQuote provides ESG ratings and reputation research to investors, companies, universities and non-profit organizations. ‘ESG’ stands for Environment, Social and Governance and also covers social responsibility, ethics, and sustainability issues. Since its founding in 2001, the Geneva-based company has been providing over 60 corporations with reputation research, benchmarks, and ESG data visualization tools and has been praised for its innovative stance on ratings and reputation research. Covalence is always looking for interns to join their ethical information analysis team, which allows interns to improve their IT-skills and learn about issues related to sustainable development and corporate social responsibility. Covalence offers in-house as well as distant internship positions, which can be conducted from home. There is not a set duration, and the internship can be part time (20h/week) or fulltime (35h/week). The position is unpaid.

Welthungerhilfe is one of the major and respected private organizations in development cooperation and humanitarian aid in Germany. It carries out projects in 39 countries and campaigns publically for fairer cooperation with developing countries. Currently, Welthungerhilfe is looking for a communications intern for their office in Monrovia, Liberia, which includes frequent travels to project sites in the country. The internship lasts for a maximum of six months. Welthungerhilfe will provide accommodation on sight and pay a monthly allowance of 200€.

CEPA Gmbh is short for Customized Education Programs Abroad and is a tour operator specialized in educational tours for university students and groups. CEPA consists of a young and dynamic team whose main purpose is the personal and academic advancement of the participating students. Working closely with their partner universities in the United States, Canada, and Brazil, CEPA provides them each with a unique travel program that matches their academic needs and wishes. Moreover, CEPA also welcomes student groups in its Strasbourg office, and plans and implements academic seminars and other educational programs. CEPA is looking for an intern to extend its Strasbourg-based team. The internship will begin September 2017 or January/March 2018 and lasts for at least 6 months. The intern will receive 300€ per month as well as free accommodation.